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If you're looking for ideas for perennials to add winter interest to your garden, I've got some great choices for you.

Perennials bring vertical structure, texture and beauty to all areas of your yard and garden during the winter months. Leave them standing throughout the winter and you will be amazed by the beautiful results.

Ornamental grasses make great winter garden plantings as their feathery seed heads capture little tufts of snow and their graceful stems dance in the winter wind. Plant a variety of grasses, with different textures and sizes and colors for the best effect in the winter garden.

The thick, sturdy stems and large, spiky cones of native purple coneflower add wonderful texture to the garden when the snow flies.

Once they finish blooming, asters form delicate clusters of fluffy, sphere shaped seed heads that gather tufts of snow like jewels during winter.

Herbs such as lavender make great winter plantings, as well, with their silvery seed heads that shimmer in the summer sun.

Astilbes, with their feathery plumes rising 2 to 3 feet tall create great winter interest in woodland or shade gardens.

Yuccas are great for winter interest as their spiny foliage remains evergreen throughout the winter months.